Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kanpur

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.64 in modern English

Syllables: kan-pur
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A large city, district, and division of Uttar Pradesh, India.

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi कानपुर (kānpur).

Inflected Forms

Caunpoor (alternative) Caunpore (alternative) Cawnpore (alternative) Kahnpur (alternative) Kanhapur (alternative)

Phrases

Kanpur Dehat

Questions

What does kanpur mean?: A large city, district, and division of Uttar Pradesh, India.
Where does kanpur come from?: Borrowed from Hindi कानपुर (kānpur).

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